Carlo Demand 
Carlo Demand was born on November 21, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to a French father and a German mother. Carlo Demand attended the first race at Germany’s famed Nurburgring when he was five. His first drawing was done at the age of three. His family encouraged his interests in art and machinery. Uncles surrounded him with then exotic machinery including a Chenard-Walcker, an Austro-Daimler and an American Buick and De Soto. His German uncle took him to airplane and auto races and supplied him with toy cars which served as playthings and models for his art. A sketchbook exists which Carlo started when about 6 years old. His early drawings included cars scenery, cowboys and Indians and portraits of the family.
[This excerpt is taken from the website grandhistory.org. The full text can be found under http://www.grandprixhistory.org/demand.htm; The complete biography was written by Mark Moskowitz MD]
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